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Elementary Physics Paths xkcd.com/2933

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The Store's avatar The Store @mudsludge.bsky.social
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Oh no in the endeavor to make things easier I have made them harder

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Bottas Heimfe (18+)'s avatar Bottas Heimfe (18+) @bottasheimfe.bsky.social
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Nikole 's avatar Nikole @picnik.bsky.social
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My teen once told me that *everything* is made up of up quarks, down quarks, and gluons 🤯 I spread the word. The other night she came to me and said that that's not true: "It's actually *much* more complex, Mom."

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SciNrd's avatar SciNrd @scinrd.bsky.social
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Apparently we're in pursuit of unifying those two paths into one path again, a so called "Grand Unified Theory". One problem. By this comic's conclusions (and by how difficult it seems to do this IRL), the truth is something like this: "Complex interactions between non-simple particles is the norm."

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Justin's avatar Justin @lifefeed.bsky.social
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I’ve been reading Quantum Field Theory As Simple As Possible, and I understand nothing.

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Johan Edin's avatar Johan Edin @jedin.bsky.social
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This is why I stick to chemistry.

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Roger Grow's avatar Roger Grow @rogergrow.bsky.social
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Ooh, I really want to see a slitbox(or whatever it’s called) below the top frame. 👍🏻

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🎨 { thought crimes } 🤍's avatar 🎨 { thought crimes } 🤍 @penelope.quest
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Use alt text. Plz

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Devilish's avatar Devilish @devilishlydo.bsky.social
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Oh no, what if you're both right?

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Excalibur Discount Legal Services's avatar Excalibur Discount Legal Services @kevychristian.bsky.social
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Imagine how boring and depressing the world would be if it were simple and easy to understand.

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Your🐀text🐀here's avatar Your🐀text🐀here @worldoffoo.bsky.social
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The particles when you start trying to observe them and they suddenly aren't in every state at once

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TomMasz's avatar TomMasz @tommasz.bsky.social
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Sit back, relax, and let the madness flow over you.

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Silence Dogood's avatar Silence Dogood @jonstackpool.bsky.social
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Laughing along, as if I understood wtf you're talking about...

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PLU 4011's avatar PLU 4011 @plu.bsky.social
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My god, it's full of strings...?!

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EVERY TIME I think I can make a straightforward software library to sort out user input, once and for all! 😹

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momo's avatar momo @golgafrincham.bsky.social
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omg i think i almost understand what my dad does now lol

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Midsummer Michael's avatar Midsummer Michael @unprovoked.bsky.social
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¿Por qué no los dos?

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Freaking glue balls, like wtf? Who allowed force carrying particles to form a particle? What merciful God would allow such a crime?

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Mobile Task Force Unit Lambda-5's avatar Mobile Task Force Unit Lambda-5 @marxistleopardist.bsky.social
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So about 1% of everything is made of complex particles that get increasingly complex when near to each other Let's hope the other 99% of matter and energy is simpler

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C L Who's avatar C L Who @clwho.bsky.social
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It's almost as if nothing is simple.

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xkcd title text's avatar xkcd title text @xkcd-titletext.bsky.social
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